Terry O`Malley, the former state representative facing...

January 22, 1986|By Patricia Elich, Staff writer

Terry O`Malley, the former state representative facing jail for contempt of court for taking money from a client`s escrow account, got a one-day stay of sentence and a more lenient court order Tuesday.

O`Malley, facing jail for refusing to produce $100,000 in cash and precious metals he is accused of taking from safekeeping, no longer has to produce the actual cash, gold and silver that was once in the account, ruled Broward Circuit Judge Barry Stone.

Instead, Stone instructed O`Malley to post $125,000 in the form of cash or a surety bond to satisfy the contempt of court order against him.